Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXVII, Number 11, 17 Malaki 1888 — Na kanaka Hoopukapuka. [ARTICLE]

Na kanaka Hoopukapuka.

Ua hui ae elua mau hoaloha malalo o kekahi o na alanui o ke kulanakauhale o Nu loka, mahope iho o ko laua kaawale ana no umi makahiki. Ua hooholo mua laua i kahi e hui ai a me ;ka manawa, a i ka hala ana o kela* kc- ' wa ioihi, ua hui like iho la laua maloko 0 kekahi hale hotele, a mahope iho o ka lu!u lima ana a me na kukai olelo ana. ua kaa aku la na ke kanaka o ka aoao Akau ke kamailio mua: 1 "A ! E kuu hoaioha ! Mahoj>e iho o ko kaua launa hope loa ana i ka maka hiki—, he kowa no umi makahiki i hala ae nei, heaha na hua o ka pomaikai i loaa ma kou alahele o ka hana ? " Kanaka o ka Hema —"O ! I ko kaua wa 1 kaawale ai, i kekahi la ae, ua mare iho la au i ka wahine. No hookahi mahipa ua haalele ia au e kela wahine no ka huhu i kuu hele, nolaila, ua oki iho la maua. • "1 ka makahiki elua mai, ua mare hou iho la au i ka wahine, ua loaa pono iho la au me kekahi wahine hou aku, hoopaa ia au i ka halepaahao no elima makahiki ma ka hana oolea, me ka hoopau pu ia ana o ko'u laikini mare. Nolaila, oia kekahi kumu nui o ka hiki ole ana ia'u ke huli i ka waiwai.

"I ka makahiki ehiku, ua hooholo iho la au ia'u iho, e mare lehulehu au i na wahine no keia kumu —Ua olele mai ka Lunakanawai ii'u, hookahi o'u mare ana i koe, aole e loaa hou ka laikini ae mare ia'u, a no ia kumu ko'u mare ana, he ekolu a'u wahine. Eia ka mea apiki: He huhu loa keia poe wahine ekolu la lakou iho, a ua hiki ole iho la ia'u ke malama i ko lakou mau ola i ka wa hookahi. Mahope mai o ia manawa, ua hoopii hou ia iho la au no ka maiama ole i ko lakou ola, a ua huhu loa ka Lunakanawai ia'u, a hoopaa hou la au iloko o ka halepaahao, a i keia kākahiaka nui nei no ko u puka ana mai, a oia kau e īke mai la, o na lako aahu no keia o ka halepaahao a'u e komo nei, a aohe he hookahi wahi keneta maloko o ko'u pakeke i keia minute." "Ha ! Ha ! 1 Ha !!! wahi a kona hoaloha i pane aku ai me ka haanounou i ka akaaka ana, a oia hoi ka ke kokoolua i pane mai ai: "Mai hoohenehene mai hoi paha oe ia'u no ko'u pakalaki, no ka mea ua hoohiki iho nei au, aole loa au e mare hou i ka wahme. E hai mai oe i kou moolelo." Aole i pane koke aku ke kokoolua i | keia manawa, oiai, aia no oia ke noke ! la i ka akaaka. I ka wa i lawa ai o kaI na haaloulou ana, ua huli ae Ia oia i | kona hoaloha, a hai aku la i ka moole* lo o ka loaa ana o kona waiwai: | u Ae, o oukou o na kanaka a pau o ka Heaia, ua manno au, aole paha he I mau poo ko oukou e hiki ai ke huli i ka [ hana e loaa ai ka waiwai? " U E hai msi i kau oihana i hoomaka mua loa ai i kinohi," wahi a kona ko* koolua i pane akii ai. "Ae, o ka'u oihana i komo mua loa i 1 \ ai i kmohi, oia ko'u kukulu ana i kekahi hale nui, oia ka hale oihana hana pahu kupapau." "Ae, līuiikai kela." wahi a ke kokoo lua i pane aku ai ine ka mino aka ana. u O ka'u oihana elua mahope iho o ko'u poho ana, uā kuai au i na ilina kupapau a pau no'u." "O! Ua poho ka oe! Hewaloa kela. A pehea i puka hou ai koa waiwai ma* hupe tho o kela puho ana no elua nianawa? "1 kuu wa i ike ai i kela mau oihana poho waie, ua kuai iho la au i mekini hana kikalika, a he kinakolu tausani kikalika a'u e hana nei no ka hool&wa ana i. keia kulanakauhale. Ma ko*u'

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